1 2025:CGHC:55303 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 9087 of 2025 Krishna @ Sonu Chature S/o Umashankar Chature Aged About 23 Years R/o Village Satnami Para, Hathband District- Balodabazar- Bhatapara (C.G.) ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through P.S. Hathband, District – Balodabazar- Bhatapara (C.G.) ---- Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Vikas Kumar Pandey, Advocate. For Non-Applicant/State : Mr. Saumya Rai, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 13.11.2025 1. This is the Second bail application 7led under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 193/2024 registered at Police Station Hathband, District – Balodabazar-Bhatapara (C.G.) for the o=ence punishable under Sections 34(2), 59A and 36 of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act and Section 111 of the BNS. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the Police of Police Station RAJSHEKHAR SONI Digitally signed by RAJSHEKHAR SONI 2 Hathband, District – Balodabazar-Bhatapara (C.G.) received a secret information through the informant and on the basis of the said information, a raid was conducted and the Police has seized a total of 4788 liters of liquor from the possession of the present applicant, thereafter, the applicant was arrested by the Police and the crime was registered against the applicant. 3. Earlier the 7rst bail application of the applicant was rejected by this Court vide order dated 02.07.2025 passed in MCRC No. 5073/2025. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. It is further submitted that till date no charges have been framed by the trial Court. The applicant is in jail since 01.02.2025 and the conclusion of this case will take a long time, hence, he prays for releasing the applicant on regular bail. 5. On the other hand, learned State counsel would oppose the bail application and perused the case diary and submits that a huge quantity of liquor i.e. a total of 4788 liters has been seized form the possession of the applicant and there are 3 criminal antecedents of the applicant under the Excise Act which are still pending on which basis the first bail application of the applicant was rejected by this Court. Therefore, this bail application is also liable to be rejected. 6. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused all the documents available on record. 3 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and the fact that a huge quantity of liquor i.e. a total of 4788 liters of liquor has been found from the possession of the applicant and there are 3 criminal antecedents of the applicant under the Excise Act which are still pending, on which basis the first bail application of the applicant was rejected by this Court, and no new ground has been raised by the counsel for the applicant in the present bail application, hence, this Court is of the opinion that it is not a 7t case to enlarge the applicant on regular bail. 8. Accordingly, the Second bail application of the applicant – Krishna @ Sonu Chature filed under Section 483 of the BNSS, involved in Crime No. 193/2024 registered at Police Station Hathband, District – Balodabazar-Bhatapara (C.G.) for the o=ence punishable under Sections 34(2), 59A and 36 of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act and Section 111 of the BNS, is rejected at this stage. 9. Needless to say that the trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed and conclude the trial expeditiously. 10. Office is directed to provide a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information. - Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Rajshekhar